How to play the 6th street

Introduction

In this article

If you are behind, you have to look at the effective pot odds

Buy half of the pot if you can

Vary your game with strong hands

There are a couple of basic rules you always have to remember when playing on the 6th street: you have to know how strong you are and which opponents can be dangerous in both directions. It’s also very important to know your outs if you are behind, and which options you have to win the whole pot.

Let's look at the situations on the 6th street in which you are behind but where you have outs to win half of the pot or even both parts. In such cases, it is very important to know which cards help you, namely putting your opponents on a hand and knowing their outs. If you have the correct pot odds to call, you call and if you don’t, you fold - it’s very simple.

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